[Bug 647381] Re: requirement for up-to-date packages in livecd makes reporting bugs in livecd nearly impossible

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  requirement for up-to-date packages in livecd makes reporting bugs in
  livecd nearly impossible

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apport

  More than 90% of the time when I encounter a beta Meerkat bug, I'm told I don't have
  up-to-date packages and therefore cannot report the bug.  The dialog lists the packages,
  but I haven't found a way to copy and paste the list elsewhere to be able to upgrade the
  packages except tediously by hand.  Generally it takes more than one try.  Apport also
  apparently decides to ignore crashes of applications after the first two, so that causing
  the crash again after a few tries at getting updated packages no longer automatically
  generates the popup crash notification.  Finally, sometimes it is just not feasible (due to
  memory constraints) to update all the packages if I'm running from a livecd.

  My machines have systems installed on them which need to work, so I do all of my newer-release
  testing via livecd.

  This makes reporting bugs MUCH more frustrating and time-consuming.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: apport 1.14.1-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports:
   600:999:999:935526:2010-09-25 05:13:01.569999000 -0400:2010-09-25 05:13:02.569999000 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-terminal.999.crash
   644:108:4:1813:2010-09-25 04:54:23.829999000 -0400:2010-09-25 04:54:24.829999000 -0400:/var/crash/linux-image-2.6.35-19-generic.134473.crash
   600:999:999:3545872:2010-09-25 04:58:02.460000000 -0400:2010-09-25 04:58:03.460000000 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_emacs23-x.999.crash
  Date: Sat Sep 25 05:14:41 2010
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apport

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